Example sentences of "[vb infin] you a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , and whenever they knew you 've come would you , would you walk through and , and they used to for us every time an tha and that in those days they 'd give you a couple of bob which is , it was a fortune to me at that age . |
| 2 | The promise and the fulfilment , let me just give you a couple of verses there in John fourteen , John make er , Jesus he makes this statement to his disciples , in John fourteen , in verses sixteen and seventeen , and I will ask the Father and he will give you another helper , another word for the Holy Spirit , that he may be with you forever . |
| 3 | oh it 's alright I 'll give you a couple of hundred quid for it but , you know , it 's all , it 's all |
| 4 | And erm I said take Kirsty 's sleeping bag and call in here for a sleeping bag and I 'll give you a couple of blankets to go with it . |
| 5 | You ask for one more thing and I 'll send you a couple of fingers — I 'll take a hammer and cold chisel to the little prick 's right hand . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , since you ask so nicely , I suppose I can spare you a couple of moments , ’ she said , with a touch of her old wry humour . |
| 7 | Oh we can always lend you a couple of ten pences . |
| 8 | do you want some posters for Gordon and Adam , well I can only lend you a couple of ones , but those might do if she turns them over |
| 9 | They may cost you a couple of hundred quid , but they look as if your grandmother may have knitted them from one of her own patterns . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I took my friend from Olivera 's to lunch , which will cost you a couple of quid or a night out at the weekend . |
| 11 | Let me read you a couple of paragraphs from er , an essay on the new Gothic in Jane Eyre , by erm , and American critic called Robert Harman . |
| 12 | I said I 'd read you a couple of stories . |
| 13 | Also the same if you 're playing football with Jim on Thursday you could also just mention to , I 'll leave you a couple of these er these leaflets which do explain a lot of the areas we 've covered tonight , erm perhaps you could give one to Peter or |
| 14 | First of all you need to know that the legislation says that , you need to know the current practice is that , and I can tell you a couple of funny stories about what happened to Mrs Ingalls down the street . ’ |
| 15 | I can get you a couple of thousand , no trouble . |
| 16 | I might get you a couple of rooms — but then again , at some point I have to be in the rooms to do that . ’ |
| 17 | That 'll last you a couple of weeks . |
| 18 | Let me ask you a couple of questions . |
| 19 | Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are |
| 20 | Well I 'm very interested in what you say er could you , could I ask you a couple of questions . |
| 21 | Listen , I ca n't stay for long , but I 've twisted Dmitri 's arm and he can find you a couple of tickets for Hedda ! |